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Being born in Papua New Guinea
If your next life started in Papua New Guinea: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.
0.2%
of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.1% of people across the covered countries
66.5
Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 63.8 / 69.2 years
Reference indicators
Compared with the covered-world average · Shares sum to 100% within these 118 countries, not the whole world. GDP is economic output per person, not income. Schooling is the mean for adults aged 25+, not a newborn’s future education.
| Population | 10.58M | |
| Estimated annual births | ≈ 2.7K / year | |
| Male life expectancy at birth | 63.8 years | |
| Female life expectancy at birth | 69.2 years | |
| Under-five mortality | 39.4 | +14.7 |
| GDP per person | $4,887 | −$19,366 |
| Gini index | 35 | +0.8 |
| Mean schooling, adults aged 25+ | 5.0 years | −3.4 |
Be born in Papua New Guinea
Starts a new life pinned to this country. The family, the era and everything after the first breath are still up to the draw — and to you.
Be born in Papua New Guinea
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